Dakar Universite Club
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Wikipedia - Dakar Université Club (basketball)
Dakar Université Club Basketball, also known simply as DUC or DUC Dakar, is a Senegalese basketball club based in Dakar. It is the basketball team of the Cheikh Anta Diop University. The team plays in the Nationale 1 and has won the league five times, its last being in 2021. Established in 1956, the team was founded as a basketball club and later became a multisports club, including football, athletics and more.
DUC plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2022 season, having qualified as national champions.
History
The Dakar Université Club basketball team was founded in 1956.
The team had its first major success in 2009, when the Students won the Nationale 1 for the first time. This title was followed by three more championships in the 2010s (including 2010, 2013 and 2015). They also won the Senegalese Cup in 2015.
On 9 August 2021, DUC Dakar won its fifth national championship after defeating defending champions AS Douanes in the final. Thierno Niang was named the league's Finals MVP. As a result, the team qualified for the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
In the Sahara Conference of the BAL, which was hosted in the team's home city Dakar, DUC finished in the 6th and last place of group play. The only game that was won was against Rwandan champions REG on 11 March, 92-86. DUC's point guard Hameed Ali led the BAL in assists, with 8.4 per game.
Following their BAL campaign, DUC won back-to-back Senegalese Cup titles in 2022 and 2023.
O DUC foi fundado em 1954 e é um dos clubes mais bem-sucedidos do Senegal, tendo conquistado 13 títulos do campeonato nacional, o mais recente em 2022. O clube também venceu a Copa do Senegal em seis ocasiões, a última em 2021.
Na temporada 2022-23, o DUC está competindo no Campeonato Senegalês de Basquete e na Liga Africana de Basquetebol (BAL). No campeonato nacional, o clube está atualmente em primeiro lugar na classificação, com um recorde de 9-1. Na BAL, o DUC está no Grupo C, juntamente com o AS Sale do Marrocos, o Zamalek do Egito e o Petro de Luanda de Angola.
O DUC é conhecido por sua forte defesa e por seu jogo rápido no ataque. O clube também tem um bom histórico em competições internacionais, tendo conquistado o título da Copa dos Campeões da África em 1984.
Alguns dos jogadores mais notáveis do DUC incluem:
* El Hadji Amadou Gallo Fall
* Hamady Ndiaye
* Mamadou Lamine Sambe
* Mohamed Diop
* Pape Sy